Stegolepis ferruginea
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Stegolepis ferruginea is a plant type from the family of rapateaceae .
description
Stegolepis ferruginea is an herbaceous plant . The sword-shaped, pointed, stiff leaves are hairless, up to 60 centimeters long and around 3.5 centimeters wide. The midrib of the leaf is visible on both sides of the leaf, but runs towards the top of the leaf.
The flower stem is around 45 centimeters high, narrow and clearly angled. There is a cluster of around 20 bracts on it , with the individual flowers in the center. The three sepals are oblong-round to lanceolate, similar to the bracts and around 4 millimeters long, the petals are oblong-nailed, bright yellow to orange and fused at the base.
The five anthers are lanceolate and about 3 millimeters long, the ovary is round, the style short and thread-shaped.
Distribution and systematics
Stegolepis ferruginea occurs exclusively in the Kaieteur National Park , Guyana , in the area around the Kaieteur Falls , the distribution area is less than 20 km².
The species was first described by John Gilbert Baker in 1882 , it was only the second known species of the genus after Stegolepis guianensis . Stegolepis ferruginea is now considered part of the section Ferrugineae (the type species it is) in the section Stegolepis placed.
literature
- JG Baker: Stegolepis ferruginea n. Sp. , in: Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 20: 331, 1882 ( first description on Wikisource )
